Tag Archives: commodities


Coffee Risks Squeezing Starbucks, Hedge Funds as Supply Drops

February 17, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – An unexpected coffee rally sparked by dwindling supplies risks squeezing Starbucks Corp., Kraft Foods Inc. and hedge funds betting on a decline. Demand may exceed output by 8 million 60-kilogram bags in the coming year — almost what […]

Soros Imitators Reap Riches On Macro Funds

February 9, 2009 : Permalink

The Bulletin – Hedge fund managers on average lost 18.7 percent of their clients’ money in 2008, for the worst performance since at least 1990, according to Hedge Fund Research Inc. Combine the losses with investor redemptions, and total hedge […]

Soros imitators reap riches in financial crisis

February 5, 2009 : Permalink

The Age – Hedge fund managers on average lost 18.7% of their clients’ money in 2008, for the worst performance since at least 1990, according to Hedge Fund Research Inc. Combine the losses with investor redemptions, and total hedge fund […]

Dubai leads in Islamic finance with new Shariah hedge fund index

January 7, 2009 : Permalink

Mena Report – The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Authority (DMCCA) and Shariah Capital, Inc. (SCAP.L) today announced the Dubai Shariah Hedge Fund Index, the first internationally-recognised index comprised exclusively of Shariah compliant hedge funds.  The Dubai Shariah Hedge Fund Index […]

Stable commodity prices forecast

January 5, 2009 : Permalink

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette – During the first six months of 2008, commodities looked to be the savior of investors who were losing money in the stock market. In the second half, particularly for those who had invested in oil, […]

BlueGold, Clive Capital Beat Most Hedge Funds in Commodity Rout

December 30, 2008 : Permalink

Bloomberg – The biggest-ever decline in commodities turned Pierre Andurand and Chris Levett into this year’s heroes for investors. Andurand’s $1.1 billion BlueGold Capital Management LLP hedge fund in London almost tripled between its February debut and November by betting […]

What 2009 holds for smaller resource stocks

December 22, 2008 : Permalink

Investors Chronicle – 2008 witnessed a boom and bust of monumental proportions in the junior mining and oil and gas sectors. From being among the London market’s strongest performers, driven by record commodity prices, resources stocks plummeted out of favour […]

Citigroup eyes options, including merger

November 21, 2008 : Permalink

Reuters – Citigroup Inc lost more than one-quarter of its market value on growing worries over whether it has enough capital to withstand billions of dollars of potential losses and despite new support from its largest individual investor. The second-largest […]

Quadrangle Group closing media-focused hedge fund

November 14, 2008 : Permalink

Reuters – Quadrangle Equity Investors, a hedge fund that concentrates on media and communications stocks, will wind down its business after losses and investor redemptions, according to people familiar with the situation. The relatively small fund employs fewer than a […]

World markets rocket upward

October 29, 2008 : Permalink

Hamilton Spectator – North American stock markets chalked up huge rallies late in the afternoon yesterday, resulting in one of the biggest one-day gains ever for the Dow Jones industrial average and a big bounce in Toronto. Toronto’s S&P/TSX composite […]

Hong Kong shares lower on recession fears, hedge funds redemption worries

October 27, 2008 : Permalink

Reuters HK – Share prices were sharply lower at mid-morning, with the key index briefly slipping below the 12,000 level, on global recession fears and worries about hedge fund redemptions. Dealers noted concerns that the Japanese yen’s surge against the […]

Hedge Funds Are Bracing for Investors to Cash Out

September 29, 2008 : Permalink

New York Times – First, the money rushed into hedge funds. Now, some fear, it could rush out. Even as Washington reached a tentative agreement on Sunday over what may become the largest financial bailout in American history, new worries […]